Effect of exogenous ADP and ATP on the motility and respiratory activity of human spermatozoa
Guérin, J.F.; Czyba, J.C.
Comptes Rendus des Seances de la Societe de Biologie et de ses Filiales 171(2): 370-374
1977
ISSN/ISBN: 0037-9026 PMID: 142557 Document Number: 118081
The respiratory activity of human sperms suspended in a salved solution, is varying when ADP or ATP are added to the medium. Those results seem to indicate that the apparent lack of regulation of the energetic metabolism, which is observed in this cell, could be partially due to low endogenous concentrations of nucleotide-phosphates. The enrichment of the medium with ATP does not lead to any effect on sperm motility and this negative result is discussed.